Antonio Conte has hailed Alvaro Morata as a “complete player” and says that the striker is ready to fill Diego Costa’s boots at Chelsea. The 24-year-old joined the Blues from Spanish side Real Madrid in the summer transfer window as Conte moved quickly to bolster his attacking options at Stamford...

21-year-old Chelsea and England star Ruben Loftus-Cheek has spoken out about his loan move to fellow Premier League side Crystal Palace and his future with the Blues, saying that he felt “it was the right time to go away” from the club, according to the Daily Star. Loftus-Cheek, who has come thro...

Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool have been put on red alert, after the odds of the £40M PSG securing a move to a Premier League side dropped to as low as 7/2, according to the Daily Star. Draxler, who was bought by the Ligue 1 side for £40M from Bundesliga side Wolfsburg last season according to ...

Mario Melchiot heaped praise on Alvaro Morata after the Chelsea signing’s electric performance in Saturday’s 4-0 win at Stoke City. The Spain international was one of six summer signings at Stamford Bridge following a £58m move to Chelsea from La Liga giants Real Madrid. The Blues forward scored...

Gary Lineker has heaped praise on Alvaro Morata after the Chelsea striker scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 win against Stoke City on Saturday afternoon. The Spain international moved to Chelsea in a £58m deal from La Liga giants Real Madrid in the summer transfer window to prepare for Diego Costa’s an...

Former Chelsea defender and club legend John Terry has paid tribute to Diego Costa ahead of his exit from Stamford Bridge in the coming days. As shared on Twitter by Atletico Madrid on Friday, the Spanish striker arrived in the capital to complete his return to the club. ? @diegocosta: “El Atleti...

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has revealed that he believes this is the right time for Alvaro Morata to become the star man and main striker at a top club. With Diego Costa on the verge of completing his move to Atletico Madrid, it finally brings an end to the saga over his exit and really clears …...

Michy Batshuayi has taken to social media to wish Diego Costa all the best after his move from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid was confirmed on Thursday. Chelsea confirmed on Thursday that they had reached an agreement with Atletico to sell the striker the Spanish club in the January transfer window....

Phil Neville has described Diego Costa as better than Chelsea signing Alvaro Morata. The Spain international moved to Chelsea in a £58m deal from Champions League holders Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. Morata was signed to help replace Costa’s goals after the controversial striker was...

Diego Costa has underlined his affection for the Chelsea fans after his return to Atletico Madrid was confirmed on Thursday. The Premier League champions agreed a deal with los Rojiblancos to send Costa on loan to the La Liga outfit until the end of the season. Atletico Madrid have committed to r...

Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has bid farewell to Diego Costa as the Spaniard looks set to complete his return to Atletico Madrid. As per Sky Sports, the 28-year-old arrived in Spain on Friday to undergo a medical and to complete the formalities of his reported £58m move to Atleti. It ends a three-...

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has revealed that he’s been left a little disappointed with his rating on FIFA 18, and he’s not the first star name to do so. The big names in football have all been unwrapping their new presents courtesy of EA Sports a little earlier than us, and there’s been a few...

SkySports Diego Costa insists he was "very happy" at Chelsea but is thrilled to be coming "home" to play for Atletico Madrid. The 28-year-old has arrived in Spain to undergo a medical after it was announced on Thursday that his former club have re-signed him and more »

Chelsea star Pedro is seemingly getting over his divorce with Carolina Rodriguez after sharing a public moment with his new flame. The 30-year-old divorced his ex partner after they married in 2015 having known each other for more than a decade while also having a son called Bryan. However, with...

Extra Time is all about Diego Costa as the guys respond to your tweets about the Spanish striker's return to Atletico Madrid. Paul Mariner reflects on how Chelsea's agreement to move Diego Costa to Atletico is mutually beneficial for club and player. With Diego Costa sealing a move back to Atleti...

Diego Costa has been pictured on his way to Madrid in seemingly fine physical form as the forward completes his protracted transfer from Chelsea. Costa had refused to return to the London club since the end of last season, and has finally got his dream return to Atletico Madrid confirmed a for a...

Chelsea could be set to renew their interest in Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Gabon forward has expressed his frustration at seeing a move to Real Madrid fall through last week, leaving the way for Chelsea to make a bid in January. According to reports in RMC Sport, Aub...

Chelsea striker Diego Costa has broken his silence on his exit as he looks ahead to re-joining former club Atletico Madrid this week. The reigning Premier League champions announced on Thursday that a deal had been struck with Atleti over the transfer of the Spanish international, with Sky Sports...

Chelsea are reportedly leading the race to land a highly-rated teenage starlet with an incredible goalscoring record in Caen youngster Elye Wahi. The 14-year-old scored 89 goals last season for the French side’s youth teams, and in turn is unsurprisingly being watched carefully by a number of big...

The latest football transfer gossip column from The Sport Review, featuring all of the latest Premier League transfer news and rumours. Here, we look at some of the top football transfer stories from the British and world media in The Sport Review’s Grapevine, published every morning in the lead-...

Man Utd have reportedly been dealt a transfer blow as it’s claimed that Atletico Madrid have signed Diego Costa to partner Antoine Griezmann, not replace him. Atleti reached an agreement to sign Costa on Thursday, although he won’t be able to play for them until January when their transfer embarg...

Diego Costa arrived at Chelsea with a bang for £32million in the summer of 2014 and from that point drama was never far away from the Spanish striker. Here, we take a look at his highs and lows at Chelsea.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa was seen at the airport in Brazil on Thursday as he prepared to fly to Spain to complete his return to Atletico Madrid. As reported by The Telegraph, the 28-year-old will return to his former club after Chelsea reached an agreement on an initial loan deal with Atleti s...

Charlie Nicholas has claimed that Thibaut Courtois and N’Golo Kante are more to Chelsea than Eden Hazard. The Belgium international made his first start of the west London side since suffering a broken ankle at the end of the 2016-17 campaign on international duty. Hazard made two assists as Chel...

Telegraph.co.uk To borrow a phrase from the Chelsea banners which idolised their former talisman, John Terry, Jamaal Lascelles is a captain, leader and could just be a Newcastle United legend in the making. Lascelles is not only the youngest captain in the Premier and more »

Tiemoue Bakayoko reportedly crashed his car on the way home from Chelsea training on Thursday. The midfielder, who earns £110, 000 a week according to the Daily Star, appeared to abandon his Mercedes-Benz G-Class in a bush. A report by The Mirror claimed that the collision occurred around 3.30pm,...

After weeks of speculation and plenty of wrangling over the transfer fee, Atletico Madrid's decision to hand over almost £60m to sign Chelsea's Diego Costa suggests they are already spending the moment that will soon be banked from the sale of star striker Antoine Griezmann.

Stuart Pearce and Phil Neville joined Geoff Shreeves to discuss whether Diego Costa's move to Atletico Madrid is a good deal for Chelsea. The Debate is our live show from 10pm on weeknights on Sky Sports Premier League when top names dissect the

Blues are doubling their money on striker who has been in self-imposed exile all summer claiming Antonio Conte told him by text that he was no longer wanted — and is banned from actually playing for his new/old team until January

Paul Mariner reflects on how Chelsea's agreement to move Diego Costa to Atletico is mutually beneficial for club and player. Atletico Madrid have finally announced that Diego Costa is on the verge of rejoining the club three-plus years after he left for pastures new in England. It might not be th...

Telegraph.co.uk Chelsea have agreed a deal to sell Diego Costa to Atletico Madrid for a fee of more than €60million euros (£53m). The striker will now travel from Brazil to Madrid for his medical ahead of the long-running transfer finally being confirmed and more »

In their last league game, Antonio Conte’s side missed how the forward would have driven Arsenal to distraction and the 28-year-old will depart Stamford Bridge having more than played his part in the successes There is an irony that Diego Costa’s tortuous departure from Chelsea should be finalise...

• Nigeria claim striker on loan at Swansea has ‘begun process’ with Fifa • ‘Clearly he stands a better chance playing for the Super Eagles’ England Under-21 striker Tammy Abraham is set to switch international allegiances to Nigeria in a bid to play at next year’s World Cup. The Chelsea striker,...

Chelsea have confirmed that a transfer fee of £53m for AWOL striker Diego Costa has been agreed with Atletico Madrid with the news being confirmed by Sky Sports on Thursday. Caught Offside has whittled down the Spain international’s Chelsea career and transformed them into numbers: 52 The str...

• Spain striker set for medical ahead of return to La Liga • Costa has not played for Chelsea this season Chelsea have confirmed that they have reached agreement with Atlético Madrid over the sale of Diego Costa, with the Spain striker now expected to complete his return to La Liga subject to the...

Chelsea and Atletico Madrid have reached an agreement for Diego Costa. The Spanish club can't complete the signing until January but both clubs confirmed that the Spain striker would move subject to a medical. Read »

Juventus winger Juan Cuadrado has voiced his contentment about staying at the club after being heavily linked with Arsenal over the summer. The former Chelsea man was put up for sale by his club during the summer, asking for around £26m, per The Metro, meaning it was no surprise when Arsenal’s b...

Manchester United and Chelsea have been put on red alert after Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta has suggested Paulo Dybala could leave the club if he decides he wants to go. According to talkSPORT who cite an article from Premium Sport, when asked about the Dybala situation the club officia...

Chelsea and Spain star Diego Costa is finally set to complete his move to Atletico Madrid this afternoon, with the player expected in Spain for a medical later as he looks to finalise a move away from Stamford Bridge, according to the Mirror. Spanish news outlet AS, which was re-reported by the M...

Zinedine Zidane has made it no secret he wanted to keep Alvaro Morata at Real Madrid, but reports are emerging that Chelsea’s new striker took a swipe at the Frenchman before leaving the Bernabeu. Don Balon are reporting that the 24-year-old had told club president Florentino Perez that the club...

Chelsea and Everton have shown an interest in signing PSG and Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani after reports emerged that teammate Neymar has demanded the Ligue 1 club sell the forward after the two were involved in a dressing room bust-up following PSG’s 2-0 over Lyon on Sunday, according to the D...

Liverpool FC are set to rival Chelsea and Manchester United for the signature of Schalke 04 Leon Goretzka, according to reports in Germany. German newspaper Bild, as quoted by Metro, is reporting that Goretzka is set to be a free agent next summer after entering the final 12 months of his contrac...

Chelsea are monitoring Genoa starlet Pietro Pellegri as Antonio Conte looks to bring the teenager to England, according to reports. Italian media outlet Secolo XIX, as quoted by the Sun, is reporting that the Premier League champions are hoping to sign the 16-year-old striker. The same article su...

Antonio Rudiger has made a special dedication to Chelsea target Julian Draxler. The German forward is facing an uncertain future at Paris Saint-Germain following the arrival of Barcelona striker Neymar and Monaco teenager Kylian Mbappe at the Parc des Princes in the summer. Draxler completed a sw...

Alvaro Morata caught up on his beauty sleep with his wife Alice Campello ahead of Chelsea’s trip to Stoke City next weekend. The Spain international moved to the defending Premier League champions in a £58m deal from La Liga giants Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. Morata has wasted no t...

Chelsea are interested in signing Napoli striker Edinson Cavani but face competition from Everton and Napoli, according to reports in England. The Daily Mail is reporting that the Premier League champions are keeping tabs on the Uruguay international ahead of the January transfer window. The same...

Antonio Conte has admitted that he is hoping that Charly Musonda can develop into a top player at Chelsea in the seasons to come. The 20-year-old will be aiming to impress Conte on the training pitches at Cobham this season as he looks to try and break into the first team at Stamford Bridge. Cont...

Telegraph.co.uk There was significant embarrassment among the Chelsea coaching staff that the best player on the pitch was a 16-year-old Exeter City youngster when the Blues visited the League Two club in the Checkatrade Trophy last October. Chelsea took an Under-21 and more »

There was a time not very long ago when Michy Batshuayi couldn’t score for love nor money. But with five goals in his last seven Premier League and Champions League appearances, the Chelsea striker is no longer a charity case. It seems Eden Hazard didn’t get the memo, though. Top class HAZARDOUS...

When Chelsea signed Antonio Rudiger this summer – paying £31m to Roma according to the Daily Mail – they did so primarily because of his defensive talents. However, the 24-year-old proved on Wednesday night that he also has plenty to offer in an attacking sense. With less than 13 minutes on the c...

There’s another busy Wednesday in the Carabao Cup as Manchester Utd face Burton, Arsenal take on Doncaster & Chelsea faces Championship side Nottingham Forest in another line of attractive fixtures. Don’t forget that a variety of Carabao Cup fixtures can be watched online with Bet365, who announ...

Chelsea can breathe a huge sigh of relief after Eden Hazard has ruled out joining PSG in the future. Hazard has risen to become a key player at Chelsea since signing from Lille in 2012. The Belgian forward has been linked with a move from Chelsea to PSG in recent years as the French club … The...

Chelsea are set to be investigated by FIFA for the third time in eight years. FIFA are to look into a potential breach of young player regulations according to reports from Sky Sports. FIFA have responded to questions regarding media reports regarding Chelsea signing foreign players under the age...

Chelsea are reported to be interested in PSG forward Edinson Cavani. Cavani and PSG team-mate Neymar clashed during the French club’s 2-0 win over Lyon, and Chelsea are set to test the French club’s resolve in the winter transfer window. According to reports in the Daily Mail, PSG are under press...

The latest football transfer gossip column from The Sport Review, featuring all of the latest Premier League transfer news and rumours. Here, we look at some of the top football transfer stories from the British and world media in The Sport Review’s Grapevine, published every morning in the lead-...

Frank Lampard is confident Romelu Lukaku will score lots of goals for Manchester United, but the Chelsea legend is still unsure whether the summer signing will find the net in critical moments. The Belgium forward was initially linked with a return to Premier League champions Chelsea in the summe...

Manchester United have joined Chelsea in the race for 17-year-old Genoa wonder-kid Pietro Pellegri, who has has a storming start to life in Serie A this season, as reported by the Metro. Italian news outlet Gazzeta Dello Sport, which was also re-reported by the Metro, states that the Italian side...

Eden Hazard has revealed that he would only consider a return to his former club Lille if he were to move back to Ligue 1 in the future. The Chelsea playmaker has developed into one of Europe’s finest attacking talents since arriving at Stamford Bridge from Lille back in 2012. Hazard, 26, has hel...

John Terry may have left Chelsea this summer but the former captain still remembers the friends he made during his illustrious career at Stamford Bridge. Former teammate Willian received a gift from Terry.

Chelsea are reportedly tracking Genoa youngster Pietro Pellegri with a view of swooping for the teenager in the near future. The 16-year-old has been making headlines in Italy, especially after this past weekend where he scored a brace against Lazio to get off the mark for the season. However, ma...

Despite the transfer window now being shut across Europe, there is still talk of potential moves in January or even next summer. Our friends at Football Whispers have scoured the continental media for the latest news and transfer rumours.

The latest football transfer gossip column from The Sport Review, featuring all of the latest Premier League transfer news and rumours. Here, we look at some of the top football transfer stories from the British and world media in The Sport Review’s Grapevine, published every morning in the lead-...

Tiemoue Bakayoko has admitted that Didier Drogba was among his idols growing up following his transfer to Chelsea in the summer window. The France international completed his move to Stamford Bridge from Monaco after the Blues opted to let Nemanja Matic leave and sign for Premier League rivals Ma...

Tiemoue Bakayoko has insisted that he is not feeling the pressure of stepping into Nemanja Matic’s shoes at Chelsea. The French midfielder was brought to Stamford Bridge by Antonio Conte in the summer transfer window as the west London side opted to let Nemanja Matic leave to join Manchester Unit...

Today’s rumours are gonna let you down Atlético Madrid’s men have still got Diego Cost a on their minds and so have rounded up all the dosh that they haven’t spent on their new stadium – reportedly in the region of £57m, according to Marca – and submitted a ‘take it or leave it’ offer to Chelsea...

Ray Wilkins insists he would still rather have Diego Costa than Alvaro Morata in the Chelsea team. The Premier League champions signed the 24-year-old in a £58m deal from La Liga giants Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. Morata has already scored three goals in five Premier League games t...

Chelsea star Eden Hazard has revealed that if he were to leave Stamford Bridge for a return to France, it would be to re-join former club Lille. The 26-year-old joined Chelsea in 2012 and has gone on to establish himself as one of the best in Europe while helping himself to two Premier League tit...